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Monday, April 30, 2012

Estonia's Capital Pursues Free Public Transit - Commute - The Atlantic Cities: "Tallinn, Estonia, looks set to become the first European capital with a completely free public transportation system. As the BBC reports, Tallinn Mayor Edgar Savisaar wants his city of 416,000 to be "the flagship of the green movement in Europe." By providing free public transit for locals (visitors would still pay), city government believes car usage will decrease enough to make it worthwhile."

About 1,500 members gathered at a party convention Saturday in Neumuenster to discuss the group’s growth. New polls predicted it would win seats in two more state legislatures in May. Forecasters expect it to secure about 9 percent of the vote in both states."

Friday, April 20, 2012

Yevgenia Chirikova Honored - Robert Amsterdam: "Despite the government’s continued efforts to suppress the movement, Chirikova has succeeded in garnering widespread support from a diverse range of interest groups. Even the Moscow chapter of the Russian Federation of Motorists, an unlikely ally for an environmental group, has joined their efforts to fight the construction project. Defend Khimki Forest’s first rally amassed a crowd of 5,000 people—one of the largest public environmental protests in Russian history—and gathered more than 50,000 signatures."

Citing high petrol (gasoline) prices, snarled traffic and greenhouse gas emissions as deterrents to taking cars to work, local bus, rail and tram service providers banded together to offer what they called a better option to commuters."